Where does “witer” come from?

witer (Middle English) comes from Old Norse vitr, from Proto-Germanic witraz, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “witer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevitrwise
2Proto-Germanicwitrazknowing, wise
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic witraz →Every word from Old Norse vitr →